Markets: The week that was 17-21/12/12

The US fiscal cliff played on investors' minds over the last five days, with the FTSE 100 unable to break out of a narrow range.

The FTSE 100 (UKX) started the week at 5921.76.

London's top index trod a downward course on Monday as corporate news disappointed and trepidation abounded concerning the ongoing US fiscal cliff discussions.

Stateside worries outweighed the news that fiscal interventionist Shinzo Abe had won the latest Japanese elections.

The slide was dominated by Aggreko (AGK), which lost more than a fifth of its market capitalisation, as it announced it would miss its year-end target by as much as

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Markets: FTSE 100 falls on Friday

Fri, 21/12/2012 - 14:20

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Randall and Quilter acquires Guernsey insurer

Randall and Quilter Investment Holdings (RQIH) has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of LINPAC Insurance Company, a Guernsey-domiciled insurer, from its owner LINPAC Finance.

LINPAC has been in run-off since 2006 and wrote business from 1994, including employers' liability; public and products liability; workers compensation; and motor insurance.

Reserves were

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Markets: FTSE 100 closes in the red on Monday

Mon, 17/12/2012 - 17:10

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Markets: Fed fears weigh on FTSE 100 on Thursday

Thu, 13/12/2012 - 17:05

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Markets: FTSE 100 trundles south on Friday

Fri, 14/12/2012 - 17:00

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Markets: Fed fears weigh on FTSE 100 on Thursday

Thu, 13/12/2012 - 17:05

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Markets: FTSE 100 unsteady on Friday

Fri, 14/12/2012 - 12:30

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S&P warns on UK outlook

The UK now has a negative outlook rating from all major credit ratings agencies after Standard & Poor's downgraded the economy.

Britain kept its AAA rating, but S&P warned it could lower this "if fiscal performance weakens beyond our current expectations".

A negative outlook was placed on the UK by credit agencies Moody's and Fitch in the first half of the year.

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